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January 2006
22-01-2006, 12:04 PM,
#61
January 2006
Re Nigel's post....

I just don't agree with that analysis at all, Nigel. The great majority of posts on this forum don't get a direct response. I've given up responding to your pieces on your own forum just because I think they stand on their own, and it seems trite to feel it necessary to say "great post" all the time. Most of them are self-evidently interesting and thought-provoking pieces of writing. It seems almost better not to reply to them. I suspect most people felt that way about Sweder's.

In fact there wasn't a silence at all. Very unusually, 4 people acknowledged it. Compared with the average, that's a major reaction.

As for whether we felt "embarrassed" or not, that's something only we can answer as individuals. I didn't.

Re the British stiff upper lip and all that. For one thing, I'm not really sure what's meant by "the British". We're a pretty diverse lot these days. I suppose we mean the white suburban middle classes. But a bigger question for me is whether the lack of public caterwauling over Sweder's piece is a good or bad thing. I actually found the muted response itself quite touching. You detected a sense of communal embarrassment; I detected an air of commiseration and reflection; an opportunity to check a few of our own memories and experiences. For me, it was a respectful silence.

As for the contrasting response to the dog story, wasn't that just that like the moment when the referee blows his whistle at the end of a minute's silence before a game? We all shout and cheer and clap. Business as usual.

I was rather heartened by it all. Smile
El Gordo

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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Messages In This Thread
January 2006 - by Sweder - 03-01-2006, 10:25 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 05-01-2006, 09:28 AM
January 2006 - by Seafront Plodder - 05-01-2006, 01:05 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 05-01-2006, 07:36 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 05-01-2006, 09:17 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 05-01-2006, 10:28 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 08-01-2006, 12:45 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 10-01-2006, 09:21 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 12-01-2006, 11:12 AM
January 2006 - by Nigel - 12-01-2006, 07:21 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 13-01-2006, 08:47 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 13-01-2006, 10:20 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 14-01-2006, 11:28 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 15-01-2006, 07:32 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 09:54 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 15-01-2006, 01:28 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 15-01-2006, 10:41 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 10:51 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 15-01-2006, 11:00 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 15-01-2006, 11:12 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 15-01-2006, 11:28 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 11:32 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 15-01-2006, 11:45 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 11:52 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 16-01-2006, 08:49 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 17-01-2006, 08:49 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 17-01-2006, 12:01 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 17-01-2006, 12:51 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 18-01-2006, 09:50 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 18-01-2006, 10:42 AM
January 2006 - by Nigel - 18-01-2006, 11:06 PM
January 2006 - by Bierzo Baggie - 18-01-2006, 11:10 PM
Neighbours - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 11:43 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-01-2006, 12:10 PM
January 2006 - by Bierzo Baggie - 19-01-2006, 12:35 PM
January 2006 - by marathondan - 19-01-2006, 12:39 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 01:35 PM
January 2006 - by marathondan - 19-01-2006, 01:40 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 01:51 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-01-2006, 10:59 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 11:25 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-01-2006, 11:35 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 11:52 PM
January 2006 - by Nigel - 20-01-2006, 12:04 PM
January 2006 - by Bierzo Baggie - 20-01-2006, 12:48 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 20-01-2006, 10:57 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 21-01-2006, 12:57 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 21-01-2006, 11:39 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 21-01-2006, 12:32 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 21-01-2006, 10:56 PM
January 2006 - by Nigel - 21-01-2006, 11:26 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 12:23 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 12:32 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 12:52 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 12:59 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 01:03 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 07:56 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 08:13 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 08:36 AM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 10:24 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 12:04 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 12:13 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 02:47 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 07:23 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 09:40 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 09:47 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 22-01-2006, 10:17 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 11:08 PM
January 2006 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 23-01-2006, 01:44 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 23-01-2006, 08:33 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 23-01-2006, 08:38 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 23-01-2006, 11:22 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 23-01-2006, 11:29 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 24-01-2006, 09:39 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 24-01-2006, 12:19 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 27-01-2006, 10:47 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 27-01-2006, 11:05 AM
January 2006 - by Seafront Plodder - 27-01-2006, 11:09 AM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 27-01-2006, 11:58 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 27-01-2006, 12:08 PM
January 2006 - by Bierzo Baggie - 27-01-2006, 12:39 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 27-01-2006, 08:52 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 28-01-2006, 09:48 PM
January 2006 - by El Gordo - 28-01-2006, 10:19 PM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 29-01-2006, 11:59 AM
January 2006 - by Sweder - 30-01-2006, 07:28 AM
January 2006 - by Nigel - 30-01-2006, 07:43 AM

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